HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- A Huntsville man was seriously hurt after an argument outside Cheddar's at 6125 University Dr. turned violent late Sunday.

Huntsville police found a man with a stab wound outside Cheddar's late Sunday. Officers could not immediately identify the weapon used in the attack. (Jonathan Grass/jgrass@al.com)

Police say they found a man with a stab wound shortly before midnight after the restaurant was already closed. However, the weapon used to inflict the injury was not immediately clear. The injury was serious but not life-threatening, and HEMSI took him to Huntsville Hospital as a priority 2 patient.

Police almost immediately found the suspect on Sparkman Drive. Lee Daniel Gilbert, 24, was charged with second-degree assault and taken to the Madison County Jail. Bond was not immediately set.